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The UF Center for Smell and Taste is extremely sad to announce the death of Dr. Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Capaldi Phillips, who passed away September 23 at her home here in Gainesville. While serving as Provost at the University of Florida, Betty was responsible for creating the Center...

According to new research published by members of the UFCST, children are more sensitive than adults when it comes to how much sugar is in their food. UFCST and Plant Innovation Center members Linda Bartoshuk, Thomas Colquhoun and David Clark collaborated as well as researchers...

The University of Florida Center for Smell and Taste, a university wide center that coordinates and promotes research and education in the chemical senses, has moved into a new office. The UFCST is now located on the ground floor of the McKnight Brain Institute in room LG-101D,...

Daniel Wesson, Ph.D., joined the UF Center for Smell and Taste and faculty this month, making him the 53rd on-campus faculty member for the university-wide research center. Wesson, who is also joining the UF Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics as an associate...

UF Neuroscience assistant professor and UFCST member Jeremy McIntyre took home third place in the Florida Museum of Natural History’s 2016 Elegance of Science contest. McIntyre’s contest entry was a stylized representation of the olfactory bulb. In order to produce the effect, he...

By Steven Munger of UFCST and Duncan Boak of Fifth Sense The weekend of February 24-26, 2017, saw 67 people from around the world (as far away as Melbourne, Australia) converge on Gainesville, Florida to attend SmellTaste2017, the first conference in the U.S. specifically for...

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Smell disorders are remarkably common: It is estimated that up to 15 percent of the population have experienced a loss, reduction, or distortion of their sense of smell. If you are experiencing smell loss or a smell or taste impairment, the UF Health Smell Disorders Program may be able to help.